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In praise of … Yorkshire cricket | Editorialhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/26/in-praise-of-yorkshire-county-cricket-150
2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Yorkshire county cricket club<p>Yorkshire county cricket – 150 years old this year. <a href="http://www.yorkshireccc.com/the-club/club-history/a-to-z-of-yccc-capped-players/s/91" title="">A roll of honour</a> like no other. George Ulyett. Tom Emmett. Bobby Peel. Lord Hawke. John Brown. John Tunnicliffe. David Denton. Wilfred Rhodes. George Hirst. Schofield Haigh. Alonzo Drake. Arthur Dolphin. Stanley Jackson. Roy Kilner. Edgar Oldroyd. Percy Holmes. Emmott Robinson. Herbert Sutcliffe. Maurice Leyland. Arthur Mitchell. Arthur Wood. Bill Bowes. Hedley Verity. Brian Sellars. Tommy Smailes. Len Hutton. Alec Coxon. Willie Watson. Bob Appleyard. Johnny Wardle. Vic Wilson. Brian Close. Fred Trueman. Doug Padgett. Ray Illingworth. Jimmy Binks. Don Wilson. Ken Taylor. Phil Sharpe. Geoffrey Boycott. John Hampshire. Phil Carrick. Chris Old. David Bairstow. Arnold Sidebottom. Martyn Moxon. Richard Blakey. Sachin Tendulkar. Darren Gough. Matthew Hoggard. Michael Vaughan. Tim Bresnan. Jonny Bairstow ... and now <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/may/25/england-v-new-zealand-2013-england-cricket-team?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487" title="">Joe Root</a>. Enough said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/26/in-praise-of-yorkshire-county-cricket-150">Continue reading...</a>YorkshireCricketSportSun, 26 May 2013 21:35:32 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/26/in-praise-of-yorkshire-county-cricket-150Editorial2013-05-26T21:35:32ZIn praise of… Fred Bernard | Editorialhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/21/in-praise-of-fred-bernard
The umpire used to matches in Scarborough's Beckett Cricket League who found himself officiating over Test-level players<p>It's the sort of event that for most happens only in dreams. There's a crisis on the stage or the pitch. One of the principals cannot continue; no substitute is available. An appeal is made. Someone who came just to watch is translated to the thick of events – on the way, perhaps, to a whole new career. Something similar happened last week at Scarborough to <a href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/league_umpire_75_has_his_day_in_sun_as_first_class_stand_in_1_3694360" title="">Fred Bernard</a>, who found himself summoned on to the ground in front of a crowd of 4,000 for Yorkshire's game against Sussex. As an umpire, not as a player; even so, it must have been an exhilarating moment for a man of 75. The call for a qualified umpire had gone out after one of the two who were standing was taken ill. Mr Bernard, who officiates every Saturday in the town's Beckett Cricket League, found himself adjudicating the fortunes of Test-level cricketers – not, by the rules laid down for such occasions, at the bowler's end, but still at square leg, from where run-outs and stumpings may have to be judged. Happily, this was on Thursday rather than the following day, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/19/amjad-khan-catch-yorkshire-sussex" title="">when controversy erupted over a catch claimed by a Sussex fielder </a>to dismiss the young Yorkshire batsman Joe Root, whose score stood at 160. The umpires' acceptance brought loud complaints from the crowd, and, according to the Guardian's correspondent, upset the Yorkshire dressing room too. As it was, Mr Bernard got through his two stints without the slightest whiff of controversy. And next spring, he can hope for the ultimate accolade: his name in <a href="http://www.wisden.com/" title="">Wisden</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/21/in-praise-of-fred-bernard">Continue reading...</a>CricketSportYorkshireSussexSun, 21 Aug 2011 20:17:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/21/in-praise-of-fred-bernardEditorial2011-08-21T20:17:08ZRoy Hattersley: Freddie Trueman, the perfect bowlerhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/02/comment.cricket
A son of Yorkshire salutes his county's brilliant rough diamond, who died yesterday, aged 75<p>The statistics are only a small part of the story. But they are, in themselves, extraordinary. He was the first bowler in history to take 300 test wickets - a record broken only by cricketers who played far more tests than Trueman. And in 12 consecutive seasons, he took more than 100 wickets for Yorkshire. When he chose he could also bat. Some commentators said that, if he put his mind to it, he could become a great all-rounder. They were wrong. He was, by temperament, a fast bowler. If concern about batting had distracted him from his destiny, the essential Trueman would have been lost.</p><p>The essential Trueman was more self-opinionated than any man I ever knew. We never met without him reminding me that he was on the other side of politics - and that I was wrong. Ten years ago, during the summer, I chaired a radio discussion programme from Manchester about class distinction and Fred Trueman - always at odds with authority - was invited to discuss the difference between gentlemen and players. He accepted. So did the Duchess of Devonshire. After the broadcast I heard Fred say: 'If you ask me, Duchess, only you and me had the faintest idea what we were talking about.' Perhaps he was right.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/02/comment.cricket">Continue reading...</a>CricketSportYorkshireSat, 01 Jul 2006 23:11:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/02/comment.cricketRoy Hattersley2006-07-01T23:11:31ZCricket:: Lancs held by unstoppable force of Sayershttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/may/20/cricket.sport
Lancashire 417-9; Yorkshire 265 & 177-1 Match drawn<p>With Jason Gillespie still padded up at start of play, his batting reputation swollen by his double hundred as a nightwatchman for Australia against Bangladesh, Yorkshire's task of scoring a further 16 to avoid the follow-on was in redoubtable hands.</p><p>Then, with three runs needed to make the hosts bat again, Gillespie drove at Glen Chapple and was caught at second slip. The mighty were fallen, Lancashire had 73 overs to bowl out Yorkshire a second time and, with the pitch a little cranky, fancied it was achievable.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/may/20/cricket.sport">Continue reading...</a>CricketSportCounty Championship 2006 Division OneLancashireYorkshireFri, 19 May 2006 23:03:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/may/20/cricket.sportDavid Hopps at Headingley2006-05-19T23:03:31Z